Submitted on Tuesday 23rd February 2021
Rejected on Wednesday 24th February 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Include teachers in priority group for the vaccine before schools return
Healthcare and social care workers are being prioritised to receive the vaccine, so why not teachers? Teachers are being expected to return to schools on 8th March with little to no PPE and no guarantee that they will receive the vaccine before others their age who are working from home.
It is unreasonable and outrageous to expect teachers to return to school without adequate protection. We know that the rise in cases between September and December was linked directly to schools re-opening, so it is ludacris to expect teachers to return with no protection and no promise of a vaccine. If counsellors and social workers working from home can be given the vaccine, why can’t classroom teachers? Evading this responsibility puts teachers lives directly at risk.
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